How do I determine if a remote computer has booted up in the Safe Mode with Networking state?

Use the Win32_ComputerSystem class and check the value of the BootupState property.

const
  wbemFlagForwardOnly = $00000020;
var
  FSWbemLocator : OLEVariant;
  FWMIService   : OLEVariant;
  FWbemObjectSet: OLEVariant;
  FWbemObject   : OLEVariant;
  oEnum         : IEnumvariant;
  iValue        : LongWord;
begin;
  FSWbemLocator := CreateOleObject('WbemScripting.SWbemLocator');
  FWMIService   := FSWbemLocator.ConnectServer('localhost', 'root\CIMV2', '', '');
  FWbemObjectSet:= FWMIService.ExecQuery('SELECT BootupState FROM Win32_ComputerSystem','WQL',wbemFlagForwardOnly);
  oEnum         := IUnknown(FWbemObjectSet._NewEnum) as IEnumVariant;
  if oEnum.Next(1, FWbemObject, iValue) = 0 then
  begin
    Writeln(Format('BootupState    %s',[String(FWbemObject.BootupState)]));// String
    FWbemObject:=Unassigned;
  end;
end;

How do I determine if a computer screensaver requires a password?

Use the Win32_Desktop class and check the value of the ScreenSaverSecure property.

const
  wbemFlagForwardOnly = $00000020;
var
  FSWbemLocator : OLEVariant;
  FWMIService   : OLEVariant;
  FWbemObjectSet: OLEVariant;
  FWbemObject   : OLEVariant;
  oEnum         : IEnumvariant;
  iValue        : LongWord;
begin;
  FSWbemLocator := CreateOleObject('WbemScripting.SWbemLocator');
  FWMIService   := FSWbemLocator.ConnectServer('localhost', 'root\CIMV2', '', '');
  FWbemObjectSet:= FWMIService.ExecQuery('SELECT ScreenSaverSecure FROM Win32_Desktop','WQL',wbemFlagForwardOnly);
  oEnum         := IUnknown(FWbemObjectSet._NewEnum) as IEnumVariant;
  if oEnum.Next(1, FWbemObject, iValue) = 0 then
  begin
    if not VarIsNull(FWbemObject.ScreenSaverSecure) then
      Writeln(Format('ScreenSaverSecure  %s',[String(FWbemObject.ScreenSaverSecure)]));// Boolean
    FWbemObject:=Unassigned;
  end;
end;

How do I get the screen resolution of a remote computer?

Use the Win32_DesktopMonitor class and check the values of the properties ScreenHeight and ScreenWidth.

const
  wbemFlagForwardOnly = $00000020;
var
  FSWbemLocator : OLEVariant;
  FWMIService   : OLEVariant;
  FWbemObjectSet: OLEVariant;
  FWbemObject   : OLEVariant;
  oEnum         : IEnumvariant;
  iValue        : LongWord;
begin;
  FSWbemLocator := CreateOleObject('WbemScripting.SWbemLocator');
  FWMIService   := FSWbemLocator.ConnectServer('localhost', 'root\CIMV2', '', '');
  FWbemObjectSet:= FWMIService.ExecQuery('SELECT ScreenHeight,ScreenWidth FROM Win32_DesktopMonitor','WQL',wbemFlagForwardOnly);
  oEnum         := IUnknown(FWbemObjectSet._NewEnum) as IEnumVariant;
  if oEnum.Next(1, FWbemObject, iValue) = 0 then
  begin
    Writeln(Format('Resolution  %d x %d',[Integer(FWbemObject.ScreenWidth),Integer(FWbemObject.ScreenHeight)]));
    FWbemObject:=Unassigned;
  end;
end;

How do I determine how long a computer has been running?

Use the Win32_OperatingSystem class and the LastBootUpTime property. Subtract that value from the current time to get the system uptime.

const
  wbemFlagForwardOnly = $00000020;
var
  FSWbemLocator : OLEVariant;
  FWMIService   : OLEVariant;
  FWbemObjectSet: OLEVariant;
  FWbemObject   : OLEVariant;
  oEnum         : IEnumvariant;
  iValue        : LongWord;
  FWbemDateObj  : OleVariant;
  Dt            : TDateTime;
begin;
  FWbemDateObj  := CreateOleObject('WbemScripting.SWbemDateTime');
  FSWbemLocator := CreateOleObject('WbemScripting.SWbemLocator');
  FWMIService   := FSWbemLocator.ConnectServer('localhost', 'root\CIMV2', '', '');
  FWbemObjectSet:= FWMIService.ExecQuery('SELECT LastBootUpTime FROM Win32_OperatingSystem','WQL',wbemFlagForwardOnly);
  oEnum         := IUnknown(FWbemObjectSet._NewEnum) as IEnumVariant;
  if oEnum.Next(1, FWbemObject, iValue) = 0 then
  begin
    FWbemDateObj.Value:=FWbemObject.LastBootUpTime;
    Dt:=Now-FWbemDateObj.GetVarDate;
    Writeln(Format('UpTime %s',[FormatDateTime('hh:nn:ss',dt)]));
    FWbemObject:=Unassigned;
  end;
end;

How do I reboot or shut down a remote computer?

Use the Win32_OperatingSystem class and the Win32Shutdown method. You must include the RemoteShutdown privilege when connecting to WMI. For more information, see Executing Privileged Operations Using C++ and Executing Privileged Operations Using VBScript. Unlike the Shutdown method on Win32_OperatingSystem, the Win32Shutdown method allows you to set flags to control the shutdown behavior.-

function GetObject(const objectName: String): IDispatch;
var
  chEaten: Integer;
  BindCtx: IBindCtx;//for access to a bind context
  Moniker: IMoniker;//Enables you to use a moniker object
begin
  OleCheck(CreateBindCtx(0, bindCtx));
  OleCheck(MkParseDisplayName(BindCtx, StringToOleStr(objectName), chEaten, Moniker));//Converts a string into a moniker that identifies the object named by the string
  OleCheck(Moniker.BindToObject(BindCtx, nil, IDispatch, Result));//Binds to the specified object
end;

procedure  Shutdown;
const
  wbemFlagForwardOnly = $00000020;
var
  FWMIService   : OLEVariant;
  FWbemObjectSet: OLEVariant;
  FWbemObject   : OLEVariant;
  oEnum         : IEnumvariant;
  iValue        : LongWord;
begin;
  FWMIService    := GetObject('winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate,(Shutdown)}!\\localhost\root\cimv2');
  FWbemObjectSet:= FWMIService.ExecQuery('SELECT * FROM Win32_OperatingSystem','WQL',wbemFlagForwardOnly);
  oEnum         := IUnknown(FWbemObjectSet._NewEnum) as IEnumVariant;
  if oEnum.Next(1, FWbemObject, iValue) = 0 then
     FWbemObject.Win32Shutdown(1);
end;

How do I determine what applications automatically run each time I start Windows?

Use the Win32_StartupCommand class.

const
  wbemFlagForwardOnly = $00000020;
var
  FSWbemLocator : OLEVariant;
  FWMIService   : OLEVariant;
  FWbemObjectSet: OLEVariant;
  FWbemObject   : OLEVariant;
  oEnum         : IEnumvariant;
  iValue        : LongWord;
begin;
  FSWbemLocator := CreateOleObject('WbemScripting.SWbemLocator');
  FWMIService   := FSWbemLocator.ConnectServer('localhost', 'root\CIMV2', '', '');
  FWbemObjectSet:= FWMIService.ExecQuery('SELECT * FROM Win32_StartupCommand','WQL',wbemFlagForwardOnly);
  oEnum         := IUnknown(FWbemObjectSet._NewEnum) as IEnumVariant;
  while oEnum.Next(1, FWbemObject, iValue) = 0 do
  begin
    Writeln(Format('Command     %s',[String(FWbemObject.Command)]));
    Writeln(Format('Description %s',[String(FWbemObject.Description)]));
    Writeln(Format('Location    %s',[String(FWbemObject.Location)]));
    Writeln(Format('Name        %s',[String(FWbemObject.Name)]));
    Writeln(Format('User        %s',[String(FWbemObject.User)]));
    if not VarIsNull(FWbemObject.SettingID) then
      Writeln(Format('SettingID   %s',[String(FWbemObject.SettingID)]));
    FWbemObject:=Unassigned;
  end;
end;

This post is based in the MSDN entry WMI Tasks: Desktop Management